Mine Index 0115 Frankovich Brothers Coal Company, Parrville Mine

Mine Index Number: 0115

Company Name:	Frankovich Brothers Coal Company
Mine Name:	Parrville Mine
Start Date:	1886	End Date:	1925
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	40
Production Indicated Acres:	5 The mine is smaller than expected for the reported production. Production indicates approximately 130 acres were mined. It is likely that mine index 5010 (not shown on accompanying because of later surface mining), shown as an old abandoned mine on the source map, was the earliest workings for the Parrville Mine, as they both used the same tipple.	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main drift

Fulton

8N 3E

30

NE SW SW

Air drift

Fulton

8N 3E

30

NE SW SW

Geology

		Thickness (ft)
Seam	Depth (ft)	Min	Max	Ave	Mining Method

Springfield

4.0

5.0

4.4

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

The cap rock was 2 to 6 inches of limestone, which made a good roof except where it was thin. Horsebacks were seen in the coal, consisting of a stringer of clay cutting through the coal from the roof to the floor. The horsebacks generally averaged 12 inches wide, but ranged up to 36 inches wide. The mine as a whole was very wet and muddy.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

William Nicholson (add)	Nicholson (add)	1886-1896	67,203

William Nicholson (add)	Taylor and Peck No. 1 (add)	1896-1897	10,028 The 1896 production values were incorrect in the Coal Report, and have not been used in tabulating mine production in Fulton County.

Taylor and Peck (add)	Taylor and Peck No. 1 (add)	1897-1902 Idle 1902	48,550

Essex and Fritz (add)	Essex and Fritz No. 1, Parrville (add)	1902-1908	44,266

Coal Creek Mining Company (add)	Parrville (add)	1908-1922	293,743

Frankovich Brothers Coal Company (add)	Parrville (add)	1922-1924	30,702

Frankovich Brothers Coal Company (add)	Parrville (add)	1924-1925	17,968 Production after map date

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351465

9-3-1924

1:2400

1:3310

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

Mine notes (Fulton County) - Mine type, drift location, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 351465, reel 03136, frame 205 - Drift locations, mine outline, mining method.